Jogging

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Jogging
ByNaeef Alqurashi
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Jogging is a form of trotting or running at a
slow or leisurely pace. The main intention is to
increase fitness with less stress than actually
running, instead of competition.
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Definition The definition of jogging as compared
with running is not standard. Dr. George Sheehan,
a running expert, is quoted to have said "the
difference between a jogger and a runner is an
entry blank".1 Others are usually more
specific, defining jogging as running slower than
6mph (10 minute per mile pace, 10 km/h, 6 min/km).
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History The term to jog/jogging as a form of
exercise originated in England in the mid
seventeenth century. This usage became common
throughout the empire and in his 1884 novel My
Run Home the Australian author Rolf Boldrewood
wrote "your bedroom curtains were still drawn as
I passed on my morning jog". In the United
States jogging was also called "roadwork" when
athletes in training such as boxers, customarily
ran several miles each day as part of their
conditioning. In New Zealand during the 1960s or
1970s the word "roadwork" was mostly supplanted
by the word "jogging", promoted by the coach
Arthur Lydiard, and this form of running became
quite popular among many people at that time.
University of Oregon track coach Bill Bowerman,
after jogging with Lydiard in New Zealand,
brought the concept of jogging as exercise to the
United States in 1962. Bowerman published the
book Jogging in 1966, and later updated the book
for a 1967 republication. Bowerman established
jogging programs for men and women of all ages.
The popularity of these programs helped to spread
the concept of jogging as an exercise for
everyone throughout the United States
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Exercise Jogging is a "high-impact" exercise
that places strain on the body, notably the
joints of the knee. As a result, some people
choose to take up "lower-impact" exercises such
as stair climbing, swimming, cycling or walking
instead of jogging. Jogging is often used by
serious runners as a means of active recovery
during interval training. The runner who may just
have completed a fast 400 metre repetition at a
sub-5-minute mile pace, may drop to an 8-minute
mile pace for a recovery lap. Like other types of
aerobic exercise, jogging is an excellent means
of improving cardiovascular health, bone density
and physical fitness.
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What are the health benefits of jogging?
The benefits of vigorous exercise are well
described. The American College of Sports
Medicine Position Statement on Exercise is a
document chock-full of studies proving that
vigorous exercise yields plenty of health
benefits. One of the major points of the position
statement is that there is a dose response to
exercise that is, the more you do, or the harder
you do it, the more benefit you accrue. But this
point is not to discount moderate exercise. You
get plenty of benefit from moderate exercise,
it's just that vigorous exercise seems to accrue
even more benefit. The ACSM report makes it clear
that "many significant health benefits are
achieved by going from a sedentary state to a
minimal level of physical activity but
programs involving higher intensities and/or
greater frequency/durations provide additional
benefits. For example, it was shown in one study
that individuals who ran more than 50 miles per
week had significantly greater increases in HDL
cholesterol (the good fat) and significantly
greater decreases in body fat, triglyceride
levels, and the risk of coronary heart disease
than individuals who ran less than 10 miles per
week. In addition, the long-distance runners had
a nearly 50 reduction in high blood pressure and
more than a 50 reduction in the use of
medications to lower blood pressure and plasma
cholesterol levels."
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